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Duncan "the Evil" de Forbes, Lord of Forbes
(c.1250 - d.)

Duncan de Forbes (born circa 1250) received the original charter to Forbes lands at Strathdon, Aberdeenshire from Alexander III in 1271/2. He died some time after the birth of his son, John de Forbes, ...

HIGHLANDERS, A HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH CLANS, by Fitzroy MacLean, Penguin Studio Books, New York, N.Y. (1995), p. 256 says this about the origin of the Gordon Clan.
"The name Gordon is derived from t...

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" John Anstruther, the younger, of Anstruther and of Blie House, co. Fife, s. and h. ap. of Sir William Anstruther, of the same, sometime (1707) a Lord of Justiciary (d. 24 Jan. ...

William of Douglas (d.c.1214) was a Medieval nobleman of Flemish origin living in Clydesdale, an area under the control of the King of the Scots.
The origins of William are uncertain, the first of th...

In 1334 he organised a rising against English rule, along with Robert II, 7th High Steward.1 As a reward, he was granted the demesnes of Clackmannan. -------------------- of Clackmannan ref ILG -------...

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" Sir David Broun, knight, Lord of Cumber-Colltoun in the 23rd year of the reign of Alexander III. (1272), bestows parts of his lands in the territory of Cumber-Colltoun on the S...